Assisted Living Communities in San Pedro, California

Seniors in the San Pedro area pay about $5,748 per month for assisted living, as reported by Genworth's 2024 Cost of Care Survey. While residents of nearby Riverside save nearly $400 a month on care costs, monthly rates in Fresno exceed local rates by roughly $1,000. Additionally, costs in San Pedro fall well below the $7,250 that facilities charge in San Diego. Bakersfield serves as an affordable alternative at $4,595.

According to the results of the 2020 Genworth Cost of Care Survey, the typical fee for assisted living in San Pedro is $5,000 per month. The fee is the same as California’s average, although $700 above the U.S. median of $4,300.

While many families use their own funds or personal assets to pay for assisted living, there are plenty of additional options to cover these costs. Some additional ways to finance assisted living costs include:

• Veterans Benefits
• Life Insurance Policy
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Reverse Mortgage

For more information about different ways to finance assisted living, visit our Assisted Living in California page.

For seniors with low care requirements, adult day care proves the most affordable option at $1,690. In-home care and home health care, which afford seniors the opportunity to age in place at home, see rates slightly higher than assisted living. Both cost around $6,673 per month. Nursing homes, offering 24-hour care and skilled nursing support, see the highest monthly costs, starting at $10,646 for semi-private accommodations.

The California Department of Social Services, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for monitoring, regulating and licensing assisted living facilities in California. It has the authority to make announced inspections on licensed facilities to ensure they’re complying with the conditions of their licenses and to revoke licenses from those that aren’t. 

• According to Sperling’s Best Places, the mean cost of living in San Pedro is 64.9% more than the national average. The community is also more costly, on average than the typical Californian city. However, this isn’t the case with health costs, which are lower than the mean figures for the state and the country.
• Crime in San Pedro is slightly above average. The community is in the 32nd percentile for safety, which means 32% of U.S. cities experience more crime. The safest locations in San Pedro tend to be in the southwest, with those in the direction of Terminal Island being less safe. Seniors concerned about crime may be pleased to know that many assisted living facilities include surveillance cameras and other layers of security, such as staff on-site 24/7.
• Little Company of Mary Medical Center is the only hospital within the San Pedro community. However, many others are only minutes away, such as the South Bay Medical Center and Torrance Medical Center. The community is also home to a significant number of Medicare registered physicians working in multiple fields, including family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry and optometry.
• San Pedro’s climate is ideal for seniors. In January, temperatures average at a comfortable 47 degrees, while in summer, the ocean air cools the heat, averaging at a pleasant 78 degrees, which means seniors aren’t subjected to extremes of weather. There’s no snow, so no slippery sidewalks or drives, and rainfall averages at 13 inches annually. San Pedro’s seniors also enjoy approximately 73 more sunny days than the average U.S. city, which gets 205. 
• San Pedro’s water quality is slightly below the U.S. average. However, air quality is noticeably better. This is mainly due to the community’s location beside the Pacific Ocean. The community also excels at dealing with the causes of pollution, scoring an impressive 92/100 for its contributions towards the EPA’s Superfund program, which aims to respond rapidly to environmental emergencies and clean up contaminated land.